Game



Patented May 1o, 1927.

UNITED sTATEs JOHN B. SCUSA, OF RENO, NEVADA..

Gam-a.

Application illed April 21, 1926. Serial No. 103,536.

lhe object of this invention is the instruction and entertainment ofchildren and provides a game which may be indulged in by others toadvantage for passing idle moments in a pleasurable Way.

The game consists of a base, preferably a board comprising hingedsections, a race course delineated thereon and comprising a plurality oftracks merging at opposite ends l0 or points into a single track, gamepieces representing the racers, play indicators, such as dice, andscoring means.

While the drawings illustrate a preferred embodiment of the invention itis to be understood that in adapting the means to meet specific needsand requirements, the design may be varied and such other changes in theminor details of construction may be resorted to within the scope oflthe invention as claimed, without departing from the spirit thereof.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof,reference is to be had to the following description and the drawingshereto attached, in which,-

Figure 1 is a perspectlve view of a game board embodying the invention,

Figure 2 is a detail view of one type of game pieces,

Figure 3 is a detail view of the score pegs,

Figure 4 is a detail perspective view ofthe play indicators, and vFigure 5 is a perspective view of one of the play indicators.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescrlption and desiga nated in the several views of the drawings bylike reference characters. I

The game board comprises a base 1, which may be of any construction andsize. In the preferable form the game board l comprises similar sectionswhich are hingedly connected so as to fold one upon the other. One ofthe sections has recesses formed therein to provide pockets 2' and 3 forreceiving the game pieces, score pegs and play indicators. A raceycourse 4 is delineated u on the play surface of the board and is ci)elliptical outline. The race course 4 contains a plurality of tracks 5which merge into a single track 6 at opposite ends or points of thecourse. Each of the tracks is outlined byopenings of a size to receivethe pins 7 of game p ieces 8. The single tracks 6 occur in line with themajor axis of the race course. The starting line 9 is preferably in linewith the minor axis of the race line of a horse, but for a marathon thegame pieces will present the outlineof a human being. In this connectionit is observed that the game pieces may have any form according to thenature of the race.

The game pieces will be of contrasting color and leach will bear anumber and are entered in numerical order.

The play indicators consist of dice 10,-

three being usually provided. Two of the dice will bear, upon theirrespective sides,

the characters 0 to 5, both inclusive, and the third dice will bear theletter B, the characters, 0 and 6, and the designations and X. The playindicators may be cast in any of the usual ways of throwing dice andwhen the upper sides of the three dice present numbers the sum of suchnumbers indicates the number of openings of the game piece of the playerto be advanced along the track. However,should one of the dice presentthe letter B upon the upper side 'the sum of the numbers appearing onthe other two dice represent the number of openings of the game piece tobe moved backward. In the event of an arithmetical si appearing upon theupper side of one o the dice, it indicates that the numbers appearing onthe upper side of the other two dice are to be added, subtracted ormultiplied, according to the nature of the sign facing u ward.

The score pegs 11 are prefera ly of coni trasting color to agree withthe colors of the respective game pieces and `each peg has a point toenter openings 12 of a game counter, appearing upon the game board. Thegame counter ncludesstripes of contrasting color disposed in parallelrelation `and intersecting the pocket 3, the colors of the stripescorresponding with the colors of the. respective game pieces and scorepegs. The several strlpes are numbered to agree with numbers of the gamepieces. The openings 12 are provided in the bottom of the pocket 3 toreceive the points of the pegs v 11 and hold them in upright ositionwhen starting Ithe game. The starting line 9 has openings to receive thepoints of theame pleces, which are placed 1n position pre 'minary tostarting the play. In playing the game the dice are cast in the usualway and the points indicated by the upper faces of the dice representthe number of moves of the game piece, When any player occupies eitherone of the single tracks 6 no other player may advance and after aplayer clears the single track 6 at either end of the race course, hemay-advance along any of: the tracks which are not occupied and after aplayer has completed a circuit a lap is registered and the onecompleting a prescribed number of laps wins and the points may be scoredby advancing the proper peg 11 along the proper score line. When thegame is not in use the pegs 11, game pieces 8 and play indicators 10 aredistributed in the pockets 2 and 3 and said pockets are closed byfoldingthe sections of the game board one upon the other, as will bereadily appreciated.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

1. Game indicating means consisting` of dice, certain dice bearing thecharacters 0 to 5 inclusive .on their respective sides and another oneof the dice bearing arithmetical signs, a numeral and a character todesignate thatl the play is backward.

2. A game comprising a base including similar hinged sections having anelliptical race course delineatedthereon and comprising a plurality oftracks which gradually and symmetrically merge into single tracks atopposite ends in line with the major axis, there being a starting lineat one side coinciding' with the minor axis, one of the sections havingrecesses forming pockets within the course, stripes of contrasting colorintersecting one ofthe pockets and having the portions at one side of`the pocket numbered, game pieces of contrasting color and numbered toagree with thesaid stripes, score pegs of contrasting color to match thestripes and game pieces and dice, certain dice bearing numbers on theirfaces and another dice bearing arithmetical signs, a numeral and acharacter to indicate that the play is backward.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOHN B. SOUSA. [1.. s.]

